abstract：:As increasing numbers of patients survive acute leukemia, it has become important to study the long-term psychological and social adjustment of patients who have successfully completed their leukemia treatment. An important aspect of this inquiry is comparing the long-term psychosocial impact of two treatments for acu...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Lesko LM,Ostroff JS,Mumma GH,Mashberg DE,Holland JC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of 45 patients with a history of coronary heart disease and documented myocardial ischemia during exercise testing were evaluated in an investigation of the possible relationships between psychological factors (depression and Type A behavior pattern), plasma beta-endorphin response and pain experience during ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Light KC,Herbst MC,Bragdon EE,Hinderliter AL,Koch GG,Davis MR,Sheps DS

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative affectivity (NA) and repressive coping (REP) are coping styles characterized by a disposition to either experience or avoid distress. This study investigated the potential influence of NA and REP on self-reported distress and coronary-prone behavior among 178 male cardiac patients undergoing rehabilitation. B...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Denollet J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the relation of two personality characteristics (dominance and anger) to hormones in normally aging men. The relation of the Jackson Personality Research Form E Dominance subscale and the Spielberger Anger Expression scale to serum levels of 17 endocrine variables, including testosterone (T) and di...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Gray A,Jackson DN,McKinlay JB

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Difficulties in predicting "real life" physiological variation from responses to controlled stress tasks suggest the need for more ecologically valid laboratory challenges. The Social Competence Interview (SCI) measures physiological changes elicited by re-experiencing a life situation in which a valued striving was u...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Ewart CK,Kolodner KB

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MMPI measures of neuroticism (N) and of cynicism (C) were obtained at the initial examination of 1871 employed, middle-aged men in Chicago. Neither N nor C was significantly associated cross-sectionally with systolic blood pressure or serum cholesterol, but both were positively associated with cigarette smoking and al...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Almada SJ,Zonderman AB,Shekelle RB,Dyer AR,Daviglus ML,Costa PT Jr,Stamler J

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychosocial work characteristics, such as work demand, work control, and social support at work, have been shown to be related to the development of coronary heart disease in epidemiological studies. However, the mechanisms which mediate the social and psychological effects on the cardiovascular system are not known....

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Undén AL,Orth-Gomér K,Elofsson S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insomnia is common among patients who subsequently experience an acute myocardial infarction (MI), and is a major symptom of psychiatric depression. The purpose of this study was to determine what proportion of patients reporting insomnia prior to MI have depression. Of 70 patients with a recent MI, 27 (39%) reported ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Carney RM,Freedland KE,Jaffe AS

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review updates the literature on cultural differences in response to laboratory-induced pain. Thirteen studies were located, and there was great diversity among the investigations with regard to racial and ethnic groups studied, methods of pain induction, and experimental outcome. There appear to be no racial/eth...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Zatzick DF,Dimsdale JE

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty young male coffee-drinkers consumed 150 mg of caffeine in decaffeinated coffee three times a day for 8 days. On days 3, 4, 7, and 8, caffeine or a placebo was administered in the laboratory at 11 A.M., 8 A.M., 11 A.M., and 8 A.M., respectively, in a randomized double-blind crossover design. There was a blood pr...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Goldstein IB,Shapiro D,Hui KK,Yu JL

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of essential hypertension is higher among blacks than whites. One reason for this difference may be that blacks are more reactive to stressors that produce vasoconstrictive responses. Two studies were conducted to test this hypothesis, one with 10- to 14-year-old males (20 whites, 20 blacks) and one wit...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Treiber FA,Musante L,Braden D,Arensman F,Strong WB,Levy M,Leverett S

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample consisting of 54 patients and 31 dentists of Chinese, Anglo-American, and Scandinavian ethnic origin were interviewed about their ways of coping with pain. Instruments designed to assess pain coping were constructed from the descriptions elicited by the interviews. The interview data thus served as the basis ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Moore R

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper examines the neuroendocrine influences of aversive and reward incentives (noise and shock versus monetary bonuses) presented during reaction time tasks administered to 71 healthy men (ages 21 to 35) classified as being high (N = 30) or low (N = 41) in heart rate reactivity. High heart rate reactivity...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Lovallo WR,Pincomb GA,Brackett DJ,Wilson MF

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines patient outcomes up to seven years after a one-year, post-myocardial infarction (MI) stress monitoring and management program. A previous randomized controlled trial involving 461 male patients demonstrated that the program lowered stress scores and reduced one-year cardiac deaths by almost 50%, bu...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Frasure-Smith N,Prince R

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this industrial-based study we compared the blood pressure (BP)-lowering effectiveness of relaxation, a beta blocker, and the combined use of these two treatments in 47 untreated, mildly hypertensive blue collar steel workers. Using a randomized two by two factorial design, patients received either nadolol or place...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Adsett CA,Bellissimo A,Mitchell A,Wilczynski N,Haynes RB

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with hostility, a component of Type A behavior, has not been investigated. Previous studies have found an association between coronary arterial disease and hostility. We used Doppler tests to define PAD as consisting of a resting index less than 0.9, absence of post...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Joesoef MR,Wetterhall SF,DeStefano F,Stroup NE,Fronek A

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation assessed the syndromal nature of menstrual cycle changes in women who experience significant cyclicity of mood by exploring the time course of different symptoms in relation to endocrinologically defined segments of the menstrual cycle. Participants were accepted into the protocol on the basis of a ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Schechter D,Bachmann GA,Vaitukaitis J,Phillips D,Saperstein D

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Denial may be adaptive during hospitalization for acute coronary disease. We studied the impact of denial in 48 patients referred to a tertiary care center for treatment of unstable angina. Using the Hackett-Cassem Denial Scale, we divided the group into 25 high deniers and 23 low deniers. The two groups were comparab...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Levenson JL,Mishra A,Hamer RM,Hastillo A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have identified the MMPI-based Cook and Medley hostility scale (Ho) as a predictor of health outcomes. To achieve a better understanding of the construct measured by this scale, Ho items were classified on an a priori basis. Six subsets were identified: Cynicism, Hostile Attributions, Hostile Affect, ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Barefoot JC,Dodge KA,Peterson BL,Dahlstrom WG,Williams RB Jr

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with eating disorders, we evaluated pancreatic abnormalities using serum elastase 1 measurement by RIA and the 50 g oral glucose tolerance test (50 g OGTT). Twenty-one patients had anorexia nervosa (AN) with bulimia and vomiting (AN-B group), 30 had AN without bulimia or vomiting (AN-R group), and 25 had b...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kobayashi N,Tamai H,Uehata S,Komaki G,Mori K,Matsubayashi S,Nakagawa T

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-two patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and subsequently found to have significant coronary artery disease (CAD) were given structured psychiatric interviews before catheterization. Nine of these patients met criteria for major depressive disorder. All 52 patients were contacted 12 months after catheteri...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Carney RM,Rich MW,Freedland KE,Saini J,teVelde A,Simeone C,Clark K

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty women attending a family planning clinic completed assessments of their attributions for negative and positive mood states for an individual at different menstrual cycle stages. Negative moods occurring premenstrually were almost invariably viewed as related to health factors. Positive moods tended to be attribu...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Bains GK,Slade P

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-two healthy males were divided into Type A and Type B groups using the Jenkins Activity Survey. Subjects were subdivided further into high and low self-awareness categories on the private self-consciousness factor of the Self-Consciousness Scale. After random assignment to consume alcohol (0.85 g/kg) or a plac...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Niaura R,Wilson GT,Westrick E

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma levels of luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone were determined by radioimmunoassay in medical students just before (Exp. 1) and after (Exp. 2) an academic examination and corresponding control periods. Before the examination (Exp. 1), the males' LH values were lower than their control levels, but there was...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Johansson GG,Laakso ML,Peder M,Karonen SL

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty normal individuals were told they were inhaling a substance that would either cause breathing difficulty (N = 15) or not affect breathing (N = 15). Total respiratory resistance was measured prior to and during inhalation. In reality, the subjects inhaled no substance; inhalation consisted of breathing normally ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kotses H,Rawson JC,Wigal JK,Creer TL

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multidimensional behavioral program was developed for the treatment of essential hypertension. Over a course of 6 weeks, 108 patients of a rehabilitation center were treated with this program consisting of health education, self-monitoring of blood pressure, relaxation techniques, and a social skill training in addi...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Lehnert H,Kaluza K,Vetter H,Losse H,Dorst K

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The personality patterns of cancer patients as found in retrospective case-control studies are often suspected to be consequences of the disease. In this study an attempt was made to remove the bias arising from the disease itself by taking into account two indicator variables for the subject's anticipation of the sub...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Scherg H

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the relationship between anxiety and coronary artery disease (CAD). State (S-ANX) and trait (T-ANX) anxiety were assessed with the State-Trait Personality Inventory (STPI), which was administered to 373 patients (230 males, 143 females) 12 to 18 hr prior to their undergoing coronary arteriograp...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Schocken DD,Greene AF,Worden TJ,Harrison EE,Spielberger CD

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty normal-weight female bulimics were followed up 2-5 years following hospital admission using semistructured interviews and psychometric measures. Inasmuch as bulimia was only recently designated a distinct disorder, questions have emerged with regard to its clinical course and diagnostic validity. Results of thi...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Swift WJ,Ritholz M,Kalin NH,Kaslow N

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on psychosocial factors and cardiovascular disease has shown that psychosocial resources (including social supports and coping styles) help to protect individuals from the risk associated with psychosocial stressors. Some evidence indicates that this protective effect may extend to standard risk factors as we...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Dressler WW,Dos Santos JE,Viteri FE

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 572 men and women who participated in a blood pressure screening program at a government unemployment office. Before having their blood pressures taken, the subjects completed a brief questionnaire that included two items measuring conflict over anger expression. Information was also obtained on obesity, ra...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Dimsdale JE,Pierce C,Schoenfeld D,Brown A,Zusman R,Graham R

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three studies on the relationship between life stresses and premature labor were conducted. The first was a retrospective comparison of life events between a group of women who had had premature labor and a group of controls. It was carried out between 3 and 6 months after the premature delivery to neutralize possible...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Omer H,Friedlander D,Palti Z,Shekel I

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial sampling of peripheral blood from six healthy adult male volunteers was performed during daytime waking and nighttime sleeping. In addition, sleep physiology was assessed in all subjects (Ss) and sleep stages scored blind by standard criteria. Samples of plasma were analyzed for cortisol (Co) levels, functional...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Moldofsky H,Lue FA,Eisen J,Keystone E,Gorczynski RM

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypnotic relaxation was used as an adjunct to pharmacologic treatment with 39 women hospitalized for premature contractions in pregnancy. The control group received medication alone and consisted of 70 women. Treatment was started at the time of hospitalization and lasted for 3 hr on the average. Patients were also gi...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Omer H,Friedlander D,Palti Z

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor analysis of responses from 1002 men and women were used to define two subscales of the Cook and Medley Hostility Scale. Both the Cynicism and the Paranoid Alienation subscale described attitudes of mistrust and alienation, and both were correlated with MMPI factors measuring aspects of psychopathology. It was s...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Costa PT Jr,Zonderman AB,McCrae RR,Williams RB Jr

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent technologic advances have permitted the observation of rapid and significant increases in blood pressure (BP) during verbal communication. The magnitude of the increase in BP is influenced by rate of speech, audience size, status, affective content, environmental setting, and resting BP. The current study evalu...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Malinow KL,Lynch JJ,Foreman PJ,Friedmann E,Thomas SA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a prospective design, this study examined the hypothesis that a predisposition to focus on internal aspects of the self serves as a stress resistance resource. One hundred and twenty subjects filled out the Private Self-Consciousness inventory, a schedule of recent life events and a symptom checklist. Two months...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Suls J,Fletcher B

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve subjects with specific phobias were exposed to slides with a phobic or a neutral content while cortisol excretion, electrodermal activity, and distress-ratings were studied. Six subjects fearful of blood and mutilation, and six of snakes or spiders, were presented with two sets of ten different slides (phobic o...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Fredrikson M,Sundin O,Frankenhaeuser M

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation was designed to study the role of stress on the physiologic mechanisms of the colon in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Patients with IBS were compared with normal controls during resting and stress (mental arithmetic, cold pressor, and fear stressor). The results indicated that IBS patients h...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Welgan P,Meshkinpour H,Hoehler F

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impatience, one major Type A characteristic, alters the performance of tasks requiring anticipation and accurate responding. Beat-by-beat changes in heart rate are also known to occur during anticipatory attention. In college- and middle-aged adult samples, impatience is related to these beat-by-beat heart rate change...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Jennings JR,Matthews KA

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00